DoD Identifies Navy Casualty

No. 562-09 July 29, 2009
DoD Identifies Navy Casualty

The Department of Defense announced today the death of a sailor who was supporting Operation Enduring Freedom.
Aviation Electronics Technician Airman Andrew Scott Charpentier, 21, of Great Falls, Mont., died July 23rd at Jackson Memorial Hospital in Miami, Fla., from a non-combat related illness incurred while assigned to the Navy Expeditionary Guard Battalion, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
For further information related to this release, contact Navy Expeditionary Combat Command Public Affairs at (757) 462-4316, ext. 252, or email Susan.Henson@navy.mil

U.S. Department of Defense
Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Public Affairs)

Political Videos: The Detainees - 9/11

The Detainees - 9/11

House Republicans are committed to preventing the release or transfer of terrorists to American soil.
This video posted on YouTube by HouseConference
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This Video is going to PO the Dems… like big time!
AubreyJ………

President Obama: New Policy For Guantanamo Bay -- No BUSH Enemy Combatants Allowed

DoD file photo by U.S. Army Sgt. Sara Wood
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Saturday, March 14, 2009
* The GrantDaily.com website has this report today and it starts off like this… The Obama administration on Friday announced new standards for detaining terror suspects at Guantanamo, standards that no longer make use of the Bush administration label of "enemy combatant" but that give the president roughly the same powers to keep detainees in custody, pundits say…
Read the story at link below…
Obama Announces New Policy For Guantanamo; Drops Use Of 'Enemy Combatant'
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* Guardian.co.uk reports it this way Friday… The US government today revised the standard by which it claims authority to hold Guantánamo Bay detainees and said today it would drop use of the term "enemy combatant", which critics say George Bush's administration devised in order to hold prisoners outside traditional legal frameworks… According to a filing in federal court today, the US justice department will only seek to detain individuals who provided "substantial" support for al-Qaida or the Taliban. It also acknowledges that president Barack Obama's authority to hold detainees is granted by an act of Congress and by international laws of war, rather than stemming from his power as commander in chief of the military…
Read the full report at link below…
Obama administration to abandon Bush term 'enemy combatants'

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My take is this…
They change the name to appease the far left and other world critics but pretty much leave the Bush Policies intact.
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Change you can believe in…
OBAMA… You’re a JOKE!!!
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AubreyJ………

President Obama Signs Order Closing Guantanamo Bay

President Obama Signs Order Closing Guantanamo Bay Detention Center within Year
Thursday, January 22, 2009
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* Newsweek.com brings us this report this Thursday morning and it starts off like this... President Barack Obama began overhauling U.S. treatment of terror suspects Thursday, signing orders to close the Guantanamo Bay detention center, review military war crimes trials and ban the harshest interrogation methods... "We intend to win this fight. We're going to win it on our terms," Obama said as he signed three executive orders and a presidential directive in the Oval Office. Obama explained each order before he put his pen to them, in some cases reading them in full, and occasionally solicited input from White House counsel Greg Craig to make sure he was describing them correctly...
Read the full report HERE
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> FoxNews.com reports it this way...
President Obama, putting his executive pen in his left hand to overrule eight years of Bush administration policy, signed "several" executive orders Thursday, including ones affecting national security...
Read their report at link below...
Obama Issues Directives on Detainees, Interrogation, Guantanamo

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AubreyJ.........

Supreme Court Has Setback The United States Government By Favoring With Terrorists Held At Guantanamo Bay

Supreme Court Has Setback U.S. Government By
Favoring With Terrorists Held At Guantanamo Bay

CAN YOU Believe THIS CRAP!!!?

BBC News website has this report at it goes in part like this...
The United States Supreme Court has struck another blow in favor of prisoners held at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba... In doing so, it has added a substantial new chapter to the history of the struggle between the executive and judicial branches of government... It has also thrown into doubt the trials planned for about 80 detainees at Guantanamo Bay, as they will take their case to a US civilian court for review...
Read the rest HERE

Canadian Press website has this take...
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Thursday that foreign terrorism suspects held at Guantanamo Bay have rights under the American constitution to challenge their detention in U.S. civilian courts... In its third rebuke of the U.S. administration's treatment of prisoners, the court ruled 5-4 that the government is violating the rights of prisoners being held indefinitely and without charges at the U.S. naval base in Cuba... The court's liberal justices were in the majority. Justice Anthony Kennedy, writing for the court, said, "The laws and constitution are designed to survive, and remain in force, in extraordinary times."...
Read the full report HERE

DoD file photo by U.S. Army Sgt. Sara Wood

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We can’t let the Dems take the White House!
For when the time comes to put in another new U.S. Supreme Court Judge... we must have one that will flip these kinds of 5-4 court ruling the other way.
AubreyJ.........

Arraignment of 9/11 Mastermind and Four Co-Conspirators Scheduled Thursday

Arraignment of 9/11 Mastermind and Four Co-Conspirators Scheduled Today at Guantanamo Bay
Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, Cuba
Thursday, June 05, 2008

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Photo courtesy of FBI
Khalid Sheikh Mohammed... the accused mastermind of the worst terror attack in U.S. history told a Guantanamo Bay military judge Thursday that he wants to be put to death so he can become a martyr... Marine Col. Ralph Kohlmann told the Al Qaeda leader that he could face the death penalty if convicted. Mohammed's response: "Yes, this is what I wish, to be a martyr for a long time. I will, God willing, have this, by you."...

All five could face death if convicted of charges including murder, conspiracy, attacking civilians and terrorism...
Read the full report at FOXNews.com

My take...
Give all five of them a fair trial...
Then KILL them.
AubreyJ.........

CIA Reveals Capture of bin Laden's Translator after Secretly Holding Him for Six Months

CIA Reveals Capture of bin Laden's Translator

after Secretly Holding Him for Six Months
Friday, March 14, 2008

The ABC News website brings us this report today and it starts off like this... The CIA revealed today it had captured Osama bin Laden's translator and secretly held him for at least six months until this week when he was turned over to the U.S. facility at Guantanamo Bay...
Read the rest at link below...
CIA: We Got Bin Laden Translator

DoD’s American Forces Press Service
put this news article out today:

. Defense Department Takes Custody of

High-Value Al Qaeda Operative
Friday, March 14, 2008
By Jim Garamone

American Forces Press Service

The Defense Department has taken custody of a “high-value” al Qaeda operative, Pentagon spokesman Bryan Whitman said today.

Whitman said that Muhammad Rahim is now in custody at the detention facility in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

Rahim is a high-level member of al Qaeda and a close associate of Osama bin Laden. “Prior to his arrival in Guantanamo, he has been held in CIA custody,” Whitman said.

Rahim is from Afghanistan’s Nangahar province and had close ties to al Qaeda organizations throughout the Middle East. “He is one of (bin Laden’s) most trusted facilitators and procurement specialists,” Whitman said.

Rahim prepared the Tora Bora complex as a hideout for bin Laden, and assisted in al Qaeda’s exodus from the area in late 2001. He joined the terror organization in the mid-1990s, first procuring supplies and later as a courier. He personally carried messages from bin Laden to al Qaeda leaders.

“He had knowledge of or was involved in al Qaeda attacks planned against coalition forces in Afghanistan,” Whitman said. “At the time of his capture, he was providing support to anti-coalition militias, and groups allied with al Qaeda.”

Before 2002, Rahim procured chemicals for an al Qaeda plot targeting U.S. forces in Afghanistan, and he worked with al Qaeda paramilitary commanders to recruit individuals who had access to U.S. military bases.

Rahim will be treated appropriately and humanely, in accordance with policies and procedures for other DoD detainees at Guantanamo, Whitman said. “He will be treated in accordance with U.S. law and international obligations, including the convention against torture, Common Article 3 of the Geneva Conventions, the Detainee Treatment Act, the Military Commissions Act and applicable DoD directives and instructions governing detainees operations,” he said.

This is the first transfer to Guantanamo since August. The last high-value detainee transferred was in April 2007. Sixteen high-value detainees are under DoD control at Guantanamo. There are 280 detainees at the facility.

“It’s always important to remember that intelligence is one of our most important tools in the war on terror,” Whitman said. “It’s been essential in developing our knowledge of al Qaeda’s structures, operations, finances, logistics, criminal activity, safe routes, safe havens and intentions to conduct further attacks.”

File photo by U.S. Army Sgt. Sara Wood

Guantanamo Bay: Detainee Transfer Announced

Detainee Transfer Announced
Monday, July 16, 2007

The Department of Defense announced today the transfer of sixteen detainees from Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to Saudi Arabia. These detainees were determined to be eligible for transfer following a comprehensive series of review processes conducted at Guantanamo Bay.

Approximately 80 detainees remain at Guantanamo who the U.S. government has determined eligible for transfer or release. Departure of these remaining detainees approved for transfer or release is subject to ongoing discussions between the United States and other nations.

Since 2002, approximately 415 detainees have departed Guantanamo for other countries including Albania, Afghanistan, Australia, Bangladesh, Bahrain, Belgium, Denmark, Egypt, France, Germany, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Libya, Maldives, Morocco, Pakistan, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Spain, Sweden, Sudan, Tajikistan, Turkey, Uganda, United Kingdom and Yemen.

Approximately 360 detainees remain at Guantanamo.

(Taken from DoD Press Release #879-07)

DoD Announced today the Transferred of Two Detainees from Guantanamo Bay, Cuba to Afghanistan and Three Detainees to Tajikistan

Detainee Transfer Announced
March 01, 2007

The Department of Defense announced today that it transferred two detainees from Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to Afghanistan and three detainees to Tajikistan. These detainees were all recommended for transfer by multiple review board processes conducted at Guantanamo Bay.

With today's transfer, more detainees have been released or transferred than remain in Guantanamo. This transfer is a demonstration of the fact that the United States does not desire to hold detainees for any longer than necessary. It also underscores that the United States has put in place processes to assess each individual and make a determination about whether they may be released or transferred during the course of ongoing hostilities - an unprecedented step in the history of warfare.

Approximately 85 detainees remain at Guantanamo who the U.S. government has determined eligible for transfer or release through a comprehensive series of review processes. Departure of these remaining detainees approved for transfer or release is subject to ongoing discussions between the United States and other nations. Transfers are not without risk. A determination about the continued detention or transfer of a detainee is based on the best information and evidence available at the time, both classified and unclassified.

Since 2002, approximately 390 detainees have departed Guantanamo for other countries including Albania, Afghanistan, Australia, Bangladesh, Bahrain, Belgium, Denmark, Egypt, France, Germany, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Libya, Maldives, Morocco, Pakistan, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Spain, Sweden, Sudan, Tajikistan, Turkey, Uganda, United Kingdom, and Yemen.

Approximately 385 detainees remain at Guantanamo.

Taken from news release #233-07 by DoD - Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Public Affairs)